CONTROLLER-DISTRIBUTED TORQUE CONTROL STRATEGY FOR EXTERNAL TORQUE REQUESTORS

A method for controlling a hybrid powertrain of a hybrid vehicle includes generating and outputting, by an external torque requestor connected to a network, a torque request for the hybrid powertrain both (i) to a hybrid control processor (HCP) connected to the network and (ii) directly to a set of fast-path torque actuators of the hybrid powertrain and, based on the torque request, optimizing and outputting, by the HCP, a slow-path torque request for a set of slow-path torque actuators of the hybrid powertrain and optimizing and outputting, by the HCP, limits for fast-path torque requests for the set of fast-path torque actuators of the hybrid powertrain, wherein outputting the torque request directly to the set of fast-path torque actuators bypasses the HCP and eliminates an inherent communication delay via the network thereby improving a torque response of the hybrid powertrain.